Andrew M. Weiser writes: > Hi- > > I am a software engineer working with a VME Single Board Computer with a "CT69030" > running Redhat Linux 8.0, which appears to be utilizing XFree86 4.2.0 (by examining > the install log). > > I am experiencing difficulty changing the resolution settings. > > The original driver that was delivered with the system was called "chips" which > would cause a complete system freeze (no mouse or keyboard input) within one minute > of starting XWindows (using the "startx" command).
This was a bug in 4.2. Either disable HW Cursor or use 4.3. > > Since that time- we have reverted to a generic VESA driver- which fixes the system > crash- however when I attempt to change the resolution to anything higher than > "640x480", log out, then log back in, I lose the bottom half of my screen, and I > see no difference in the screen resolution. Big mess! Looks like your BIOS is buggy. > > Contrasting to Windows, when you increase the resolution, the icons get smaller, > and everything fits on one screen. This is what I am trying to obtain in the Linux > environment, as I am trying to run a graphically intensive program that does not > support. > > The SBC Vendor has informed me that there is a known hardware problem with this > video driver in a Linux environment, but that there might be a patch available in > later versions of the driver. Does anyone know if this problem can be resolved by > migrating to a later version of XFree86- or should I really be looking at a new SBC. > Yes, it's fixed in 4.3. Egbert. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
